Donald Trump Blames Democrats For Controversy Over Russian Hacking

He says Democrats are just embarrassed they lost.

President-elect Donald Trump continued Saturday to downplay Russia’s influence in the 2016 presidential election, claiming that Democrats were focusing on the hacking because they were “embarrassed” by their performance in November.

Gross negligence by the Democratic National Committee allowed hacking to take place.The Republican National Committee had strong defense!

A report released Friday by the FBI, CIA and NSA concludes that Russia was behind cyberattacks in the election and aimed to help Trump win. Trump, who was briefed on the hacking by U.S. intelligence officials on Friday, continued to downplay Russia’s influence in tweets Friday evening and Saturday morning.

Intelligence stated very strongly there was absolutely no evidence that hacking affected the election results. Voting machines not touched!

Trump has been steadfast in his refusal to blame Russia for election tampering, despite overwhelming evidence from intelligence officials that they did interfere. The CIA and FBI both have a high degree of confidence that Moscow aimed to boost Trump’s chances in the election, while the NSA has moderate confidence.

President Barack Obamalevied sanctions against Russia last month in retaliation for the hacking, expelling 35 Russian officials from the United States and closing two Russian facilities. After Russian President Vladimir Putin declined to publicly retaliate, Trump praised him as “very smart.”

On Saturday, Trump continued to tweet in support of warmer relations with Russia. Despite his refusal to issue any kind of critique of the country, he insisted that Russia would respect the United States more when he is president.

Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Only "stupid" people, or fools, would think that it is bad! We.....